This was a reasonably solid week. I didn’t do enough speaking practice, but I did manage to navigate a couple of government paperwork sessions without much trouble. I’m still having difficulty with filler words, but the key words are getting better when I listen.
We’ve discovered the lexile level of the TV show WaPo Berlin (Water Police - Berlin) is very good for us at the pre-B1 level. The vocabulary is a stretch (perfect), and the speed of most interactions is pretty reasonable. We’ll be watching more of that.
I did re-read through Dragonball manga collection (3 normal books in one) books. I’m up through book 5 and I re-read them off and on to refresh the vocab. I spent time reading a few kids books, translating some 1-3 grade books, and did a couple of days taking on Der Tagesspiegel news.
I am re-reading a German learning book (A1-A2) that I finished a few months back. I’m able to read it about 60% speed with almost no word look ups. That’s huge. Having my reading speed get closer to reasonable is a huge deal.
Oh, and the Berlin Fenster news/entertainment screens on the trains are getting easier to read. I can usually get about 50% of it before it changes screens on me. If they could slow that down just a bit, I’d be very thankful.
I did manage to get partway through a call with a doctor (I was sick most of last week) in German before we switched to English. That was great!
Too bad Germany is currently not entering new people into Integration Courses for immigrants. I was hoping to find one near the almost B1 level to finish up early and get my certificate ASAP. Residency can be had in about 460 days! Lasst uns das Ziel im Auge behalten!
This was a reasonably solid week. I didn’t do enough speaking practice, but I did manage to navigate a couple of government paperwork sessions without much trouble. I’m still having difficulty with filler words, but the key words are getting better when I listen.
We’ve discovered the lexile level of the TV show WaPo Berlin (Water Police - Berlin) is very good for us at the pre-B1 level. The vocabulary is a stretch (perfect), and the speed of most interactions is pretty reasonable. We’ll be watching more of that.
I did re-read through Dragonball manga collection (3 normal books in one) books. I’m up through book 5 and I re-read them off and on to refresh the vocab. I spent time reading a few kids books, translating some 1-3 grade books, and did a couple of days taking on Der Tagesspiegel news.
I am re-reading a German learning book (A1-A2) that I finished a few months back. I’m able to read it about 60% speed with almost no word look ups. That’s huge. Having my reading speed get closer to reasonable is a huge deal.
Oh, and the Berlin Fenster news/entertainment screens on the trains are getting easier to read. I can usually get about 50% of it before it changes screens on me. If they could slow that down just a bit, I’d be very thankful.
I did manage to get partway through a call with a doctor (I was sick most of last week) in German before we switched to English. That was great!
Too bad Germany is currently not entering new people into Integration Courses for immigrants. I was hoping to find one near the almost B1 level to finish up early and get my certificate ASAP. Residency can be had in about 460 days! Lasst uns das Ziel im Auge behalten!